Quality Brands, Award-winning Products, Exceptional Value

TOPICS Entertainment is the largest privately held multimedia publisher in the United States offering the DVD, software and audio industries’ most diverse content at competitive prices in prestigious club, mass and chain retailers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. We represent well-known and respected brands, including National Geographic™, James Earl Jones Reads the Bible, the U.S. National Archives, public television’s OVER® series, PBS®, the No. 1 best-selling language-learning line Instant Immersion™, and more!

A History of Success

In 1990, Greg James founded Countertop Video, focusing on the distribution of VHS video cassettes. In 1994, Countertop expanded into publishing and found success with the Learn Country Line Dancing series, selling more than 2 million copies. In 1997, Countertop began publishing software and quickly became No. 1 in reference titles. Countertop changed its name to TOPICS Entertainment in 2000 to better represent its expanding publishing business. Today, Topics has sales of more than 30 million units and is headquartered in a state-of-the-art facility near Seattle, Washington.